Home | Business News | Browse by Publication | T | The Daily Mail (London, England)

My mother got a thimbleful of water a day in a Bupa care home.

Publication: The Daily Mail (London, England)
Publication Date: 01-JUL-09 		Format: Online
Delivery: Immediate Online Access
Full Article Title: My mother got a thimbleful of water a day in a Bupa care home.(News)

Article Excerpt
Byline: Tamara Cohen

AN ELDERLY woman died after just a month in a Bupa nursing home where she was given as little as a thimbleful of water a day.

Jeanne Matthews, 80, suffered extreme dehydration and her weight dropped to just five and a half stone.

Her daughter told an inquest yesterday that she had been 'starved to death'. Cheryl Ford, 36, said her mother rarely had food or drink at Meadbank Nursing Home in Battersea, South-West London, despite staff insisting...

View this article FREE - Now for a Limited Time, try Goliath Business News
Free for 3 Days!



More articles from The Daily Mail (London, England)
Yell's creditors may win control as debts mount.(Business), July 01, 2009
Lloyds slashes 2,100 jobs as cull continues.(Business), July 01, 2009
EU slams super-banks.(Business), July 01, 2009
WILDCARD WHO USED TO BE No 1.(Sport), July 01, 2009
ANDY'S WEAPON OF MASS DESTRUCTION.(Sport), July 01, 2009

Looking for additional articles?
Search our database of over 3 million articles.

Looking for more in-depth information on this industry?
Search our complete database of Industry & Market reports by text, subject, publication name or publication date.

About Goliath
Whether you're looking for sales prospects, competitive information, company analysis or best practices in managing your organization, Goliath can help you meet your business needs.

Our extensive business information databases empower business professionals with both the breadth and depth of credible, authoritative information they need to support their business goals. Whether it be strategic planning, sales prospecting, company research or defining management best practices - Goliath is your leading source for accurate information.